Grey-headed Parakeet

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Grey-headed Parakeet
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae
Genus: Psittacula
Species: P. finschii
Binomial name
Psittacula finschii
(Hume, 1874)

The Grey-headed Parakeet Psittacula finschii is closely related to the Slaty-headed Parakeet which together form a super-species. It occurs from the North-eastern states of India, into Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.

The binomial of this bird commemorates the German naturalist and explorer Otto Finsch.

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